ARMY, SOCIETY AND STATE IN SEARCH OF A PREFERABLE MODEL OF COOPERATION

The author attempts to define the most relevant formats of civil- military relationships. In order to do it, the author refers to the  experience from the USA, Western Europe, Russia and China.  Classical Western system of civil-military relationships can be found  in the USA and Western Europe and...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a9b278a2a684774af6bd5be46472d892021-11-07T14:45:00ZARMY, SOCIETY AND STATE IN SEARCH OF A PREFERABLE MODEL OF COOPERATION2542-02402587-932410.23932/2542-0240-2017-10-3-14-33https://doaj.org/article/7a9b278a2a684774af6bd5be46472d892017-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/18https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0240https://doaj.org/toc/2587-9324The author attempts to define the most relevant formats of civil- military relationships. In order to do it, the author refers to the  experience from the USA, Western Europe, Russia and China.  Classical Western system of civil-military relationships can be found  in the USA and Western Europe and characterized by the strict  separation of an army from politics and vice versa. This leads to the  situation, when an army has no influence on the spheres of civic power, while also weakening the link between politics and  strategy. The author claims that the western approach to the  regulation of civilmilitary relationships cannot be implemented outside of the West. Thus, although Russian political  system is characterized as a system with weak political institutes,  the Russian model demonstrates the ability of state to control military forces. In China, where political elite dominates an army, the system of civil-military relationships is also tacit. Many  aspects of the Chinese system with the communist party`s control of  an army has much in common with the Soviet experience.  However, it does not reduce the significant unique characters of the Chinese system. Thus, the image of warrior in the Confucian  culture never found such a great level of popularity, which was  relevant for the Christian Western culture. The efficiency of the civil  control of army can not be compared, according to some uniform criteria. Such systems and mechanisms in a range of states are not  defined in a normative way. In order to assess the informal status of  an army in a society, we have to consider such an indirect aspect as  the ways of the organization of the military high command system.  The author concludes by stating that there is no mechanisms and  systems of civil-military relationships, which can be implemented universally. All of them are determined by the  country`s history and cannot be understand outside the political  context. Besides, all of the considered models have both: dvantages and disadvantages.A. A. KRIVOPALOVАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)articlearmysocietystatecivil-military relationssystem of military managementpoliticsgeneral staffInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 14-33 (2017)
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society
state
civil-military relations
system of military management
politics
general staff
International relations
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society
state
civil-military relations
system of military management
politics
general staff
International relations
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A. A. KRIVOPALOV
ARMY, SOCIETY AND STATE IN SEARCH OF A PREFERABLE MODEL OF COOPERATION
description The author attempts to define the most relevant formats of civil- military relationships. In order to do it, the author refers to the  experience from the USA, Western Europe, Russia and China.  Classical Western system of civil-military relationships can be found  in the USA and Western Europe and characterized by the strict  separation of an army from politics and vice versa. This leads to the  situation, when an army has no influence on the spheres of civic power, while also weakening the link between politics and  strategy. The author claims that the western approach to the  regulation of civilmilitary relationships cannot be implemented outside of the West. Thus, although Russian political  system is characterized as a system with weak political institutes,  the Russian model demonstrates the ability of state to control military forces. In China, where political elite dominates an army, the system of civil-military relationships is also tacit. Many  aspects of the Chinese system with the communist party`s control of  an army has much in common with the Soviet experience.  However, it does not reduce the significant unique characters of the Chinese system. Thus, the image of warrior in the Confucian  culture never found such a great level of popularity, which was  relevant for the Christian Western culture. The efficiency of the civil  control of army can not be compared, according to some uniform criteria. Such systems and mechanisms in a range of states are not  defined in a normative way. In order to assess the informal status of  an army in a society, we have to consider such an indirect aspect as  the ways of the organization of the military high command system.  The author concludes by stating that there is no mechanisms and  systems of civil-military relationships, which can be implemented universally. All of them are determined by the  country`s history and cannot be understand outside the political  context. Besides, all of the considered models have both: dvantages and disadvantages.
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title_short ARMY, SOCIETY AND STATE IN SEARCH OF A PREFERABLE MODEL OF COOPERATION
title_full ARMY, SOCIETY AND STATE IN SEARCH OF A PREFERABLE MODEL OF COOPERATION
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title_sort army, society and state in search of a preferable model of cooperation
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